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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There are all too many tales of tragedy in the annals of music history about performers that died too soon, but when it comes to unfulfilled possibilities and thoughts of what might’ve been, the death of Otis Redding never fails to elicit a sigh.</p>
<p>Born in Dawson, Georgia, on September 9, 1941, Redding was already a well-seasoned performer by the time he signed to Stax subsidiary label Volt Records in 1962, and it didn’t take long for him to demonstrate his gift for both singing and songwriting to the masses, taking 21 songs into the US R&B charts in only five years. Redding also had a gift for crossing racial barriers, covering the Beatles (“Day Tripper”) and the Rolling Stones (“Satisfaction”), making his west coast live debut at the Whiskey A Go Go, and turning in a performance at the Monterey Pop Festival which – at least in the opinion of author Sarah Hill in the book <em>Performance and Popular Music: History, Place and Time</em> – featured “more audible crowd participation in Redding's set than in any of the others filmed by (director D.A.) Pennebaker.”</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/the-king-of-soul" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">The King of Soul</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/rhino-black-history-month" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Rhino Black History Month</a></div></div></div>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:31:46 +0000rhino4091 at http://www.rhino.comOTIS & ARETHA: NEW RELEASES NOW AVAILABLEhttp://www.rhino.com/article/otis-aretha-new-releases-now-available
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong><u>Rhino Spotlights Otis Redding And Aretha Franklin With New Boxed Sets, The King Of Soul And The Queen Of Soul</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>Each Four-Disc Collection Available February 4</u></strong></p>
<p>Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin’s powerful voices continue to be the standard by which all other soul singers are measured. But they also share another bond through “Respect.” Redding originally wrote and recorded the song in 1965 and two years later Franklin’s cover version transformed it into a female-empowerment anthem known around the world.</p>
<p>Rhino will pay some respect of its own to these legendary artists during Black History Month when it releases new four-disc sets that showcase their individual careers. Due out on February 4, THE KING OF SOUL and THE QUEEN OF SOUL both feature over 85 tracks.</p>
<p>THE KING OF SOUL’s arrival coincides with the 50th anniversary of Redding’s debut album, Pain In My Heart, which helped define the sound of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee. This new set features 92 songs and retraces the singer’s career from his meteoric rise to his untimely death in a 1967 plane crash.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/the-king-of-soul" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">The King of Soul</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/the-queen-of-soul" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">The Queen of Soul</a></div></div></div>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:15:28 +0000rhino3236 at http://www.rhino.com